I am not sure if my hdd SMART-tool correctly interpretate SMART data of my hdd with an old firmware, I have already buy a new hdd, but want to update a FW to the latest one to become sure if it is dead...

Unfortunately my ODD seems to be also dead, and I couldn't run the burnd ISO, I also tried to run ISO from grub bootloader, but also faild, so I want to try updating via hdparm but need the firmware file for that.

- If the HDD is 10 years old and you are worried about it just replace it by something that it's not a Seagate.

- Updating firmware will NOT re-set S.MA.R.T. and even less "fix" any problem that the drive might have caused by it's old age.

- For example G-Sense_Error_Rate is non-zero so the drive did suffer from a "fall" or you hit the laptop with the drive inside, or it was dropped, etc ... You can't fix physical damage with firmware update.

- If heads and surface are dying because of old age, like heads having contamination and platters loosing the magnetic capability you will not fix that with firmware updates.

- If the drive worked OK for 10 years no there is no reason to update firmware.

- You can clear S.M.A.R.T. with a special terminal command but that will not change the status of the drive. If the drive is bad and old it will not change just because you clear and re-set the S.M.A.R.T. counter as those values are just indicating what is going on with the drive. It's like if you change your birth date on your ID card you will still have the same age even if on your birth registers, etc you have false / faked info. If you do have health problems because of your age those will not "heal" just because you fake your age on your ID card ...

Yes, thanks, I do understand how the SMART is working, the current FW is modified by Lenovo, so I am not sure that this firmware is compateble with standart SMART reading programs....The only reason to update the FW I thought that the update could convert current SMART data to an standart format if it is differ....

Yes, thanks, I do understand how the SMART is working, the current FW is modified by Lenovo, so I am not sure that this firmware is compateble with standart SMART reading programs....The only reason to update the FW I thought that the update could convert current SMART data to an standart format if it is differ....

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